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In other projects Wikimedia Commons Wikisource. In , there was reportedly a similar controversy in the Australian state of Victoria. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The words have not changed very much in two-and-a-half centuries. Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies. Uncorroborated theories have been advanced to explain the meaning of the rhyme, such as that it is a complaint against taxes levied on the Medieval English wool trade. The phrase "yes sir, yes sir, three bags full sir" has been used to describe any obsequious or craven subordinate. The rhyme is a single stanza in trochaic metre, which is common in nursery rhymes and relatively easy for younger children to master.